Student Life

Looking for a way to cool off this summer? Then dust off the skates and head over to Yost Ice Arena for open public skating! Breeze around the same ice rink as hockey legends Red Berenson, Marty Turco and current NHL stars such as Mike Cammellari, Carl Hagelin and Jack Johnson once skated.

Are you looking for ways to get involved this summer? Volunteering at Spectrum can be one of them! Build your résumé through gaining experience in an office setting and help stay connected with Spectrum during these sunny, summer days. We’re seeking friendly, excited volunteers to help with a variety of support tasks. Sign up today!

UTransition is a series of college preparation workshops for students with any type of disability or chronic health condition. Workshops will be held at the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (CIL). Anyone interested in participating should complete this registration form.

Ann Arbor’s Summer Festival presents Top of the Park, the free outdoor event that has been the talk of the town for thirty long seasons now. The celebration is centered around Ingalls Mall at the Rackham Stage, located on Washington Street directly in front of the Rackham Graduate School, which will be buzzing with activity every night between June 14th and July 7th. Six nights a week the Washtenaw area populations will gather for live music, food booths and special events all in the name of Ann Arbor’s favorite season – summer.

With the cold weather finally behind us and sunny days ahead, now is the perfect time to explore the great outdoors of North Campus! Take a walk through the woods and flower gardens; admire outdoor sculptures, fountains, and ponds; visit the art galleries -- maybe you’ll be lucky enough to catch a recital or performance! Need more ideas?

If you are staying in town this spring or summer to take a few classes, work, participate in an internship, prepare for a graduate school oral exam or continue working on a dissertation, living in Ann Arbor during the summer can be challenging time for a variety of reasons.